Brassiere



W. BLANK Aug. 11, 1953 BRASSIERE Filed Aug. 8, 1951 r O f. w e w I Y/26???? Bzanl r a g is;

Patented Aug. 11, 1953 OFFICE BRASSIERE Wilhelm Blank,Goppingen,.Wui-ttemberg, Germany Application August 8, 1951, Serial No.240,904 1 Claim. (01. 2-42) This invention relates to breast supportingarments and particularly to improvements in brassires.

It is the object of the invention to provide a brassire which willsupport the breasts of the wearer firmly and which is characterized by apleasing and neat appearance and to avoid the provision of reinforcingelements lacking in such pleasing and neat appearance.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a brassiere havinga pair of pockets for receiving the breasts, which pockets are joinedtogether and each of which is formed approximately as a sphericalsegment, whereby two bands are provided adapted to encircle the wearersbody together with the pockets. Said bands are secured to the pocketswith one end and adapted to be detachably secured at the back of thewearer in any desired manner.

It is another object of the invention to provide means secured to thepockets, to avoid the breasts to glide out of the lower portions of thepockets and to warrant an effective support particularly of the lowerportions of the breasts.

Another object of the invention is the provision of two elastic stripssecured to the pockets, whereby each strip extends substantially acrossthe lower portion of the respective pocket and forms a portion of thebase of the spherical segment.

A further object of the invention is to provide such elastic stripswhich have a curved part at the upper edge, which curved part encirclesthe center of the base of the respective spherical segment. Straightportions of the upper edges of the elastic strips are provided at bothsides of the curved portions thereof and secured to the pockets.

Another object of the invention is to provide pockets joined bysubstantially straight inner edges, whereby each pocket has a curvedupper edge, a substantially straight outer edge and a curved bottomedge. Each pocket is composed of a lower portion of firm stuff and anupper portion or" fine stuff and has boundary-strips secured to it.

A further object of the invention is to provide pockets the upperportions of which are taken up at their joined inner edges for formingtucks to ensure the pockets to adapt well to the upper portions of thebreasts.

Other objects, purposes and advantages will appear from the detaileddescription of the invention following hereinafter, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing which illus- .66 convergently, that is torun to a point, which trates a preferred embodiment of the invention,and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a brassire embodying the features of theinvention in place upon the body of the wearer,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of the brassiere,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary rear elevation of the brassire.

ticularly each pocket has a curved upper edge 3, a substantiallystraight outer edge 4, a slightly curved bottom edge 5 and asubstantially straight inner edge 6. Both pockets I are joined togetherat their adjacent inner edges 6 by a band 1 and seams 8 provided in ausual manner. Approximately the pockets I are formed as a sphericalsegment.

An important feature of the invention resides in the provision andconformation of two elastic strips 9 secured to the pockets I at therear or inner side of the brassiere. Each of these strips 9 extendssubstantially across the lower portion of the respective pocket I andthus forms a portion of the base of the spherical segment approximatelyrepresented by a pocket I.

Furthermore in a preferred embodiment of the invention a. portion II ofthe upper edge of each elastic strip 9 is curved to encircle the centerof the base of the respective spherical segment. Straight portions I2are provided at both sides of the curved portion II and secured to thepockets I by seams I0, whereas the curved portion II of the upper edgeof an elastic strip 9 is not secured to the respective pocket I butprovided with an elastic seam in any known manner to permit this portionII of the upper edge'to stretch independently from the pocket I.

Each of the pockets I is composed of a lower portion I4 of firm stuffand an upper portion I5 of line stuff, both portions secured to eachother by a seam I3. The highest amount of width of an elastic strip 9 isless than the distance from the bottom edge 5 of one pocket I to thecenter of the base of the spherical segment represented by a pocket I.In conformity with this configuration of a strip 9 the straight portionsI2 of the upper edge of one elastic strip are directed point isapproximately the center of the said base.

The lower portion I4 of one pocket I is not configiu'ated at its upperedge to encircle the center of the base of such a spherical segment, butthe upper edge of this portion I4 is curved up to the said center. Inthis view the outer parts of a seam I3 combining the parts I4, I5 of onepocket I are assembled to run in the same direction as the convergentstraight portions I2 of the upper edge of one elastic strip 9.

The edges of the pockets I and the bands 2 are bordered with strips I6secured to such parts by seams, and adjacent edges of said parts 9 and 2of the brassiere are combined by such strips I6 and seams, the bottomedges and the side edges of the elastic strips 9 being combined with thepockets I by the respective strips I6 and seams.

In view of pleasing appearance of the brassiere the lower portions I4 ofthe pockets I and the bands 2 are composed of two layers, the outerlayer being made of a more pleasing stuff, than the inner layer which isdestined to be a more firm stuff.

The upper portions I5 of the pockets I being configurated approximatelyas curved strips and to give the pockets I the configuration ofapproximately spherical segments, these upper portions I5 are taken upat their joined inner edges 1 6 for forming tucks.

Shoulder straps I! extend from the top up the pockets I to theencircling bands 2 in a usual manner (not shown), and means (not shown)being provided for adjusting the length of the shoulder straps I'l.

Having thus described my invention as embodied in a specific form, itshould be understood that I do not limit my invention thereto, sincevarious modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in theart without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope ofwhich is set forth in the annexed claim.

I claim:

A brassiere comprising a pair of breast pockets joined by substantiallystraight inner edges, each of said pockets having a curved upper edge, asubstantially straight outer edge and a curved bottom edge and areshaped approximately as a spherical segment, bordering strips secured tothe pockets, each pocket being composed of a lower port-ion of heavyfabric and an upper portion of sheer fabric, a band secured to outeredges of each of said pockets with one end to encircle the body togetherwith the pockets, and

adjustable shoulder straps for supporting the pockets, said shoulderstraps being secured with one end to the upper curved edges of thepockets, two elastic strips secured to the pockets each extendingsubstantially across the lower portion of the respective pocket andforming a portion ofthe base of the spherical segment, each of saidReferences Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 2,512,215 Rosenthal et al. June 20, 1950 2,529,276 BorowickNov. '7, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 229,978 Great BritainMar. 5, 1925 870,469 France Dec. 12, 1941 934,903 France Jan. 19, 1948

